Once you’ve seen all the award contenders, winter can be Dullsville for new movies—but we’ve got a classic cure. Two years ago, Vertigo—which stars Hitchcock classics Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak—unseated Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane at number one in the lauded British film journal Sight & Sound’s Greatest Films of All Timepoll. This was no small feat, given Kane’s 50-year run at the top of a poll that, once a decade, challenges leading film critics, academics and film distributors to rank their enduring favorites. We invite you to revisit this 1958 gem on February 22.

Set in San Francisco, Vertigo is the story of police detective John “Scottie” Ferguson (Stewart), who is forced into retirement due to a debilitating fear of heights. Soon hired by an acquaintance as a private investigator, Scottie begins to trail the man’s wife, a mysterious blonde (Novak) named Madeleine. What follows is a psychological thrill ride, as Scottie is drawn into a world of paranoia, deception, obsession, and, of course, dramatic heights, all set against a visually stunning Bay Area backdrop. What’s more, Hitchcock’s 45th film (!) introduced new techniques in camerawork—including the dolly zoom—used to dizzying effect to unsettle the audience.